[Info-vax] DIR/DATE_FORMAT=DELTA ?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <b0e6d8f4-de0e-44ba-bcdd-b193b5f0eccd at k29g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> Well, there is some movement in this area. VMS adopted PIPE. And I now
> see Unix commands using --<english word>, such as --help, --block-
> size=3DSIZE, and so on.

   gnu utilities have been using --english for a long time.  But as
   we all know gnu's not UNIX.  And unlike DCL, gnu utilities don't
   allow abbreviation of the --forms.